MONDAY’S LATE PREP ROUNDUP: CM rolls seven by beating Shells in three

The Civic Memorial Eagles needed just three weeks of their 2015 volleyball schedule to surpass their victory total from 2014.

The Eagles pushed their record to 7-2 on Monday night by putting away the Roxana Shells 25-28, 21-25, 25-11 in a nonconference match in Bethalto.

CM, which finished 6-23 last season, begins Mississippi Valley Conference play with matches against Highland on Tuesday and Waterloo on Thursday before competing in the Granite City Tournament on Saturday.

The loss dropped Roxana to 5-10. Braeden Lackey led the Shells with eight kills, 10 digs and two aces, while Niah Bevolo set for 14 assists, Kara Meyer had seven kills and 10 blocks, and Keely Reardon added six service points for Roxana.

Marquette Catholic 2, Lebanon 0 – The Explorers won for the fourth time in their last five matches by beating the Greyhounds 25-19, 25-22 in Alton.

Marquette is 8-6 and coming off a second-place finish at the Wood River/Marquette Tourney where they swept Litchfield and Springfield Lanphier before falling to Wesclin in a three-set title match on Saturday. Junior Michelle Cameron and sophomore Marissa Nosco were all-tourney picks for the Explorers.

Nosco had 10 assists in the win over Lebanon, while Cameron matched Brittany Pace with five blocks. Pace and Anna Daugherty each had four kills. Laura Hamilton and Katie Gierer led the back row with 11 digs apiece, and Nosco, Kate Cogan, Andria Pace had six service points apiece with Nosco and Pace each serving up two aces.

Edwardsville 2, Triad 0 – Annie Ellis put down nine kills to lead the Tigers to a 25-15, 25-19 victory over the Knights at Lucco-Jackson Gym in Edwardsville. The Tigers are 8-5. Triad is 4-5.

Edwardsville finished 10th in a 24-team field at the Effingham Crossroads Classic on Saturday. The Tigers open Southwestern Conference play Thursday at home against Granite City.

Ellis, a 6-foot-2 senior middle committed to SIUE, got help on the attack with six kills from sophomore Rachel Pranger. Sophomore setter Rachel Verdun had four aces from her 16 service points and finished with 23 assists. Sophomore Megan Woll made 17 digs and senior Allison Blume had 13 digs for the Tigers.

Calhoun 2, Carrollton 0 – The Warriors reached 10-0 with a 25-11, 25-10 WIVC victory over the host Hawks in Carrollton. Calhoun is 3-0 in the conference.

Sydney White set for 18 assists and served for eight points for the Warriors, who got 10 points from Abby Baalman, eight kills and four digs from Emma Baalman, seven kills and seven points from Grace Baalman, and five blocks from Kassidy Klocke.

GIRLS GOLF

Marquette 186, CM 213 – Carlee Cronin shot a 41 to lead the Explorers to a dual win over the Eagles at Rock Spring in Alton. Marquette also counted Ellie Kane’s 45, Madi Conners’ 49 and Claire Dalton’s 51 in the win.

Sara Gwillim posted a 44 to lead CM, which scored 50 from Carmen Phillips, 48 from Izzy Roberts and 61 from Reagan Walters.

BOYS GOLF

Alton 177, Jersey 197 – Max Hunter’s medalist round of 41 led the Redbirds to their first victory of the season by beating the Panthers at Rock Spring. Alton added 45’s from Austin Erthal and Tysen Barton and a 46 from Sam Ballard.

BOYS SOCCER

Metro East Lutheran 1, Carlyle 0 (PKs)– The visiting Indians and host Knights played to a scoreless draw in regulation at Edwardsville before MEL won a penalty-kick shootout 4-2.

Richard Jones, Joseph Babcock, Nathan Partelow and Kedric Norwood converted PKs for the Knights. Reed Harmon made three saves to earn the shutout in goal for MEL, which improves to 6-4.